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Chief Albert Luthuli and the ‘gospel of service’ by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick), 12 March 2014, South Africa
… Luthuli told the Natal ANC in 1949: We cannot say that Africans are accepting fast enough the gospel of service and sacrifice for the general and … Bible,…
ArchiveUrban crisis and the apartheid state response: South African housing policy in the 1980s
… A dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the MSc in Urban Planning (Housing in Development), submitted to the University College, London …
EventThe UN orders Libya to hand over two suspects linked to the Lockerbie bombing
… On 21 December 1988, the Pan Am Flight 103 was flying its transatlantic route from … and crew on board were killed, as were eleven people in the town of…
EventSamuel Tshabalala becomes the first black athlete to win the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades Marathon
… Arguably the grandest marathon in the world, athletes flock to South Africa from all over the world every year to take part in the race. They run the ……
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the tombstone of Oliver Tambo
… Our dear Adelaide and family; Comrades and friends, The main speaker on this occasion is Thabo Mbeki, the President of the movement to which Oliver Tambo…
EventThe first part of the South African Press Commission’s report is tabled in parliament
… On 19 February 1962, the first part of the South African Press Commission's first report was tabled in parliament by the Minister of the Interior, de Klerk…
EventThe Rivonia Trialists are charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the state
… On this day in 1963, the Rivonia trialists were charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the South African government. This after a raid…
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… In terms of the notorious Group Areas Act (1950), the following proclamation was made in June 1958: 'In Cato … dwellings valued at £25,940'. This forced…
EventLondon hosts an international conference on the protection of the African elephant and rhinoceros
… conference was held to implement legislation to protect the African elephant and rhinoceros. This is because due to … African elephant and rhinoceros…
EventPresident Paul Kruger lays the foundation stone of the Raadsaal on Pretoria’s Church Square
… which was initially called Market Square, was home to the first church built in Pretoria, which burnt down in 1882. The square's current layout was designed…
Event3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb ‘Devil’s Tooth’ in the Drakensberg Range
… Location: back to this day in history search archive The Drakensberg is the highest mountain range in South Africa, with Thabana Ntlenyana the highest peak…
EventCharges against 53 of the 76 Africans detained after the Sharpeville massacre are dropped
… opened fire on demonstrators, who were protesting against the pass laws in the township of Sharpeville, near Vereeniging in the Transvaal. Scores of people…
EventThe first Prime Minister of the DRC, Patrice Lumumba, declares martial law in Katanga
… The first Prime Minister of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Patrice Lumumba declared martial law in the Katanga region of the Congo as a result of the…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Chapter 3: The Sounds of Kora
… From the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and … a similar trend seems to have been characteristic of old Cape Khoekhoe. The voiced stop…
The small matter of a horse: The life of 'Nongoloza' Mathebula, 1867-1948 by Charles van Onselen, 04 January 2012 (libcom.org)
… pride — sometimes by outsiders, but more frequently by the powerful or privileged within the country. Viewed from … by the Institute of Criminology at the…
EventThe South African cricket team beats England for the first time on English soil
… Cricket in South Africa was established by the British, and the first tour by a side from England took place in 1888-89. … (against touring England at Port…
EventTruman Prince, the controversial ANC manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality, is suspended
… Hendrik Truman Prince is a South African politician and the former mayor of the Beaufort West Local Municipality. Since 2005, Prince's … council meeting. A…
ArchiveA Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman
… Introduction Part A: The unfolding of total strategy 1948 - 1989 1. The many faces of apartheid repression 2. The legal veneer 3. The detention…
EventWiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News hands himself over to the police
… Wiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News surrendered to police after he heard … for him. Khuzwayo brought with him a lawyer who asked the police…
Press statement on United Democratic Front rejects the imposition of the regional services councils.
… Press statements regarding the United Democratic Front rejects the imposition of the regional services councils as once again the apartheid … Press statement…
The Cillie Commission of Inquiry into the Soweto uprisings, holds its first public hearing
… The government appointed Cillié Commission of Inquiry into the uprisings in Soweto on 16 June, 1976, held its first … public hearing in Johannesburg…
ArchiveWhy the United Front failed: Disruptive role of the PAC by Dr Yusuf Dadoo
… Why the United Front failed: Disruptive role of the PAC, by Dr Y M Dadoo, an article published in New Age, March 29, 1962. The article gives reasons for the…
EventNigerian author Ben Okri wins the Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road
… Minna, Western Nigeria. He received critical acclaim after the publishing of his first novel Flowers and Shadows. His … materialism, and existentialism. His…
Reply by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Toast Remarks by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, on the Occasion of the State Banquet, Palais Du Peuple, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 30 November
… Reply by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Toast Remarks by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, …
BiographyBertram Buxton Xiniwe
… Bertram Buxton Xiniwe was born in Middledrift in the Cape, the son of Paul Xiniwe, who subsequently became a well-known … Hotel operator in King William's…
ArchiveStatement of the African National Congress of South Africa on the occasion of the meeting in Lusaka on April 1st 1980 of the Heads of Independent States in Southern Africa
… Statement of the African National Congress of South Africa on the occasion of the meeting in Lusaka on April 1st 1980 of the Heads of … Statement of the…
EventTunisia: The self-emulation of Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi sparks the Jasmin Revolution
… humiliated him. Bouazizi, in his frustration with the lack of opportunity in the state under then-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s … Bouazizi’s death,…
EventFormer member of the Mandela United Football Club, Katiza Cebekhulu appears before the TRC
… A former member of the Mandela United Football Club, Katiza Cebekhulu, who disappeared on the eve of the 1991 trial in which he was expected to testify,…
Speech by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the celebration of the Twenty-First Anniversary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Lusaka, 21 April 1979
… Speech by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the celebration of the Twenty-First Anniversary of the United Nations Economic …
Speech by President Nelson Mandela on the 50th anniversary of the 1946 Passive Resistance campaign and the launch of the commemorative publication Durban, 13 June 1996
… Speech by President Nelson Mandela on the 50th anniversary of the 1946 Passive Resistance campaign and the launch of the commemorative publication Durban, 13…